Irving, John: *1942
Until I Find You, 2005 - Information about the Book
- General Information
- The novel treats the fallibility of memory, specifically the memories of children
- Information from Wikipedia
- Articles
- Audio (2:57)
'Until I Find You' Traces and Retraces the life story of actor Jack Burns. Review by Alan Cheuse. NPR Radio; July 19, 2005 - Adored by Women: "'Until I Find You' is an immensely protracted story devoid of any conflict. Nothing thwarts or baffles Jack Burns, no fateful choices test or scour his soul." The New York Times; July 17, 2005
- Review: "Is this Irving’s worst novel? No doubt about it." Kirkus Review; July 19, 2005
- A story of boy's sexual abuse: "This book is never vital or spry. It is difficult to read, simply too sad, too graphically perverse and grim." Martha Mendoza, Associated Press; July 31, 2005
- Audio (2:57)
- Interviews
- Autobiographical influence
- The pain of revisiting the past
- Changing the point of view
- Preparing for all the details
Interview with John Irving about the novel; host: Hans Fischer. SwissEduc: Zurich, Switzerland; February 24, 2006- Autobiographical influence
John Irving talks about his life and how parts of his books were modeled after his own personal experiences. C-SPAN; September 24. 2005 Video (8:07)